Ipswich Shellfish Fish Market
Treat your guests to a seafood feast, complete with lobsters, crackers and bibs, chowder, blue mussels, and easy-to-follow instructions. Visit ipswichshellfish.com.

Key West Seafood
Get lobster, stone crabs, fresh fish, and shrimp boxed with local specialty sauces and marinades (and no order is complete without the melt-in-your-mouth Key lime pie!). Call 800/292-9853 or visit keywestseafood.com.

Lake Superior Fish Company
Enjoy Lake Superior’s finest wild salmon, walleye, herring, whitefish, and ciscoes. Order fish steaks or fillets fresh-frozen or slab-smoked. Call 715/392-3101 or visit lakesuperiorfish.com.

Marky’s
Marky’s offers more than 600 varieties of gourmet foods, including top-quality caviars, foie gras, smoked salmon, truffles, wild mushrooms, and cheeses. Call 305/758-9288 or visit markys.com.

Sticky Fingers
This Charleston-based company is known for hickory-smoked ribs, wings, barbecue pork, and their signature sauces and seasonings. The Sticky Fingers Sampler ($50 alone, or as part of the Barbecue of the Month Club) reminds us that good ’Q is good any time of year. Call 800/784-2597 or visit stickyfingersonline.com.

The Spice Hunter Winter Sippers
Keep warm on even the chilliest of days with beverage blends you can add to anything from hot cider to eggnog (they’re even delicious on baked ham and winter squash). Visit spicehunter.com.

Williams-Sonoma
Pastry chef Jean-Yves Charon’s traditional French-style croissants, available plain or filled with premium Callebaut chocolate, are a tasty Williams-Sonoma exclusive. Call 877/812-6235 or visit williams-sonoma.com.

Other sites to check out:
Impromptu Gourmet (877/632-5766 or impromptugourmet.com)

AppetizersToGo.com (800/757-0058 or appetizerstogo.com)